The workshop
What I really needed, actually, was not only a light make-up touch-up, but also some deep skin care... Make your own advice according to the following to-do list :
- sand down the big-letter civilian registration from the fuselage sides,
- fully strip and repaint the engine cowlings,
- prepare the fuselage for the yellow painting,
- paint the fuselage yellow,
- paint one blue and thirteen red-white stripes on the rudder,
- lay the 1917-1942 style roundels on the fuselage and the wings,
- apply the registration markings in small letters under the tailplane,
- strip and paint the engine air deflectors,
- gold paint touch-up on the carter,
- yellow paint touch-up on the wing struts,
- paint the "Spirit of Lewis" name and nose-art,
- change the rusted screws, nuts and bolts,
- overall clean the airplane.
April 24, 2004 was a special day for me. First, members came again to take care of me:
Then, a mountain of paperwork later, I was insured again for flying. And for the first time since my ferry flight of July 2003, I took air again to visit the neighborhood, and château de Chantilly, with some members. Who had to learn how to embark a Piper Cub...
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